December 23, 2024
35 years after the release of the iconic puzzle game, someone has finally beaten NES Tetris’ 255 levels and reached ‘Rebirth’

35 years after the release of the iconic puzzle game, someone has finally beaten NES Tetris’ 255 levels and reached ‘Rebirth’

The original creators of NES Tetris thought it impossible to beat the iconic block puzzle game when it launched 35 years ago, but that’s exactly what happened this weekend.

But wait, didn’t someone else already ‘complete’ NES Tetris last year? Tetris didn’t have a formal ending for a long time, because crossing a certain number of levels made the game so fast-paced that it was once thought impossible to progress without using AI scripts. Then, in 2016 and 2020 respectively, a number of high-level players discovered “hypertapping” and “rolling” strategies, opening up a whole new arena.

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